A King and an Empire: The Official GOAT franchise Boss Angeles Lakers 2018-19 season

[Gotright]

Lebron is too emotional. The team performs well and he’s singing Zo’s praises (even claimed that they play similarly) but as soon as adversity strikes he’s over here talking about a player on another team. I never liked this aspect of Bron’s personality.

who he talking about?

 

[threattonature]

The national media is funny. When we were surging, nobody really said anything about the Lakers other than hushed tones (ie: “they are actually somehow playing really well right now and ahead of expectations”).

But as soon as we have a mildly disappointing road trip - yet still standing in 4th place - the narrative goes back to “the Lakers are reeling, will they make a move?” and “will the Lakers trade everyone for Anthony Davis before the deadline?”

Rachel Nichols and Brian Windhorst are particularly shameless. Nichols must be a huge Lebron stan or Laker hater because she really seems to have an agenda when talking about the Lakers. Windhorst is also generally skeptic and tends to reports negative nuggets to add to Lakers/Lebron drama (ie: Lebron doesn’t listen to Luke’s play calls) It sucks because I really like The Jump and ESPN NBA podcasts.

Even funnier considering every single team out there has had bad losses. It's been an extremely weird NBA season yet when the Lakers have any bad loss it's immediately a major news story. Lebron doesn't help with his comments to the media.

 

[threattonature]

- Josh Hart.

What's the source on that quote? I ain't seeing it anywhere known.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Lebron knows better than to say it'd be amazing to get him. How does that help the young guys now knowing theyre just trade fodder. He's selfish

What makes you think the young boys even give a fukk?

Not sure if you’re younger yourself but if you’re kind of an old head you know these kids don’t give a fukk about trivial shyt like that.

We got young dudes disrespecting old head R&B legends talking about they KINGS and no one knows who the fukk they are.

At the end of the day, that’s his dude and he did nothing no different than you or I would’ve done for our homies if presented in a similar situation.

These young niccas probably have more concern for how many IG followers or THOTs they have or if Cardi B and Offset are really done so they can slide in...... than this shyt Bron said the the media trynna blow up cuz they have nothing else to say.

If you ain’t lookin out for your homey you go back atleast 2 decades with..... then not only are you selfish, but you’re a snake

Martha

 

[Dwight Howard]

Brons body language was piss-poor during the last game. It appears his patience is wearing thin, so the AD shyt dont surprise me. I don't think the young guys feeling that shyt though

 

[Bryan Danielson]

And everyone keeps saying “young dudes need to know....”

First of all again give these “young dudes a little credit of not being emotionally weak and thin skinned, THEY DONT CARE”

But say for a moment we take that out of the equation, who can the really thinks behind closed doors he not having their backs?

These guys practice practical every day or there together with the team. They have team meetings before and after practice, video sessions, hell we see Bron has been in the club with them and we know per Browns history he always does team party events where everyone comes together and kicks back.

Y’all acting like he treating these niccas like Kobe treated Smush Parker, to which many of y’all laughed about and claimed it was justified. The same Smush that wasn’t even allowed to talk to Kobe unless he was spoken to first.

These niccas got a REAL team connection, they not sweating no fukking response to a question HE WAS ASKED!

Martha

 

[Darts]

What's the source on that quote? I ain't seeing it anywhere known.

OC Register

It seemed telling that the most-followed storylines after the loss were ones partly of James’ creation: He told ESPN before the game that it would be “amazing” if he could play alongside the Pelicans’ Anthony Davis, then afterward said “some things need to be worked out on both sides” if the Lakers were to acquire Carmelo Anthony (a notable change in tone from a month ago). The moves imply trades or waiving current Lakers – which isn’t a popular sentiment elsewhere in the locker room, where players are hoping to prove they fit alongside James.

When asked about James’ assessment that the Nets were a tough matchup because they have so many scoring threats, Josh Hart seemed to fire off a shot at how the Lakers looked at times with James running the show.

“You gotta give [the Nets] a lot of credit: They played the right way,” Hart said. “Everyone gets a touch. They’re not just holding the ball for 15 seconds, or one guy just going iso and you know he’s gonna have the ball in. … They swing it, they cut, they don’t have something in their first couple of dribbles, they get off of if. So you know, that’s what makes it hard.”

At the very least, this much could be said: The Lakers locker room on Tuesday had an unusual air of tension that transcended how important a loss to the Nets will be in the long run.

Honeymoon over, the passive aggressive Bron era has begun.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

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Honeymoon over, the passive aggressive Bron era has begun.

Let’s not do this.... especially when by the same energy and standard, right there Hart himself being passive aggressive with that quote.

Man it’s a loss, but they still controlling a solid 4th spot in the west. Niccas knew damn Lakers wasn’t gonna be the #1 seed in the west, yet alone most didn’t even think they’d be a top 7, yet here we are thus far.

They gonna be fine but this fan base needs to have that same patience we had last year and would’ve had this year had we not got Bron or any elite player this year.

We went real quick from “we got a core and we hopefully should be good enough to make the playoffs” to “we should be the number one team in the west and should win the finals”

Martha

 

[Darts]

Let’s not do this.... especially when by the same energy and standard, right there Hart himself being passive aggressive with that quote.

Man it’s a loss, but they still controlling a solid 4th spot in the west. Niccas knew damn Lakers wasn’t gonna be the #1 seed in the west, yet alone most didn’t even think they’d be a top 7, yet here we are thus far.

They gonna be fine but this fan base needs to have that same patience we had last year and would’ve had this year had we not got Bron or any elite player this year.

We went real quick from “we got a core and we hopefully should be good enough to make the playoffs” to “we should be the number one team in the west and should win the finals”

Martha

"We"?

 

[10bandz]

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Honeymoon over, the passive aggressive Bron era has begun.

It started when he said you don’t want to see him when his patience runs out

 

[pete clemenza]

The national media is funny. When we were surging, nobody really said anything about the Lakers other than hushed tones (ie: “they are actually somehow playing really well right now and ahead of expectations”).

But as soon as we have a mildly disappointing road trip - yet still standing in 4th place - the narrative goes back to “the Lakers are reeling, will they make a move?” and “will the Lakers trade everyone for Anthony Davis before the deadline?”

Rachel Nichols and Brian Windhorst are particularly shameless. Nichols must be a huge Lebron stan or Laker hater because she really seems to have an agenda when talking about the Lakers. Windhorst is also generally skeptic and tends to reports negative nuggets to add to Lakers/Lebron drama (ie: Lebron doesn’t listen to Luke’s play calls) It sucks because I really like The Jump and ESPN NBA podcasts.

The media does this cause they know it activates GM Bron which leads to more headlines and fukkery .. If Bron would simply maintain that this is a year of growth narrative then they would have less straws to grasp after a few losses. But the media did what they always do and of course Bron took the bait and made the 'AD on the Lakers would be amazing' comment. It's simply too easy.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

"We"?

Yep

Martha

 

[Bryan Danielson]

The media does this cause they know it activates GM Bron which leads to more headlines and fukkery .. If Bron would simply maintain that this is a year of growth narrative then they would have less straws to grasp after a few losses. But the media did what they always do and of course Bron took the bait and made the 'AD on the Lakers would be amazing' comment. It's simply too easy.

Would be much easier if the fan base didn’t get constantly triggered so easy and ready to grab pitchforks and burn jerseys.

Maybe he’s not patient cuz he know the fan’s ain’t patient and will hope him accountable for every damn thing including things that don’t involve him or in his control

Martha

 

[pete clemenza]

Would be much easier if the fan base didn’t get constantly triggered so easy and ready to grab pitchforks and burn jerseys.

Maybe he’s not patient cuz he know the fan’s ain’t patient and will hope him accountable for every damn thing including things that don’t involve him or in his control

Martha

I hear you but he's at the twilight of his career. He got rid of the burning jersey demons when he went back to Cleveland and won them a 'ship. He controls the narrative or at least he can orchestrate it in his favor on the Lakers. He flip flops just as bad or even worse than the media. Like he said, 'he knew what he signed up for when joining the Lakers'.


-also on the post where you said the young players don't care... shiiiiiiiiit! They care.

 

[Sccit]

His usage went from 27 to 24 in Cleveland that season, which was basically what his usage was his first 3 seasons with the Lakers
Not exactly "far less", but definitely "misinformation" you're spewing here

27.7 TO 24.1 AND 22.4 IN THE PLAYOFFS

ANYTHING ELSE, MISS INFORMATION?